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GRANNY'S TREASURE
James Brenan (Irish, 1837–1907) · 1893
€7,500 hammer
≈ $8,132≈ £6,380
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with monogram and dated lower right; titled on label on reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 24 x 20in. (60.96 x 50.80cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Important Irish Art (886)
- Date
- May 27, 2024
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 7
- Estimate
- €6,000 – €8,000 (≈ $6,506 – $8,674) (≈ £5,104 – £6,806)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2023 and 2024 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
May 29, 2023 · Whyte's
Irish & International Art, lot 12
Bought in / unsold · est. €8,000 – €12,000
As catalogued
James Brenan, “GRANNY'S TREASURE”, 1893
oil on canvas
24 x 20in. (60.96 x 50.80cm)
May 27, 2024 · Whyte's this result
Important Irish Art, lot 7
Sold €7,500Sign up to see · est. €6,000 – €8,000
As catalogued
James Brenan, “GRANNY'S TREASURE”, 1893
oil on canvas
24 x 20in. (60.96 x 50.80cm)
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 88%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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